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Problem with upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard
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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 1203150" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p>You can see how big your HD is and how much free space you have by right clicking on you HD icon and selecting get info.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://img830.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110316at141.png/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/875/screenshot20110316at141.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>As for knowing if the HD is failing is a bit of hit and miss, as the tests rarely show that it is failing, rather, they show when they have failed.</p><p></p><p>You want to keep a minimum of 15-20GB available, and I mean minimum.</p><p></p><p>To test your HD, there are a few steps I would take, but the main thing is that you keep constant backups for when, not if, it does fail.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Repair Disk:</strong></p><p>1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.</p><p>2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)</p><p>Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.</p><p>3. Click the First Aid tab.</p><p>4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.</p><p>5. Select your Mac OS X volume.</p><p>6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AHT (Apple Hardware Test):</strong></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509" target="_blank">Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 1203150, member: 120039"] You can see how big your HD is and how much free space you have by right clicking on you HD icon and selecting get info. [URL=http://img830.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110316at141.png/][IMG]http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/875/screenshot20110316at141.png[/IMG][/URL] As for knowing if the HD is failing is a bit of hit and miss, as the tests rarely show that it is failing, rather, they show when they have failed. You want to keep a minimum of 15-20GB available, and I mean minimum. To test your HD, there are a few steps I would take, but the main thing is that you keep constant backups for when, not if, it does fail. [B] Repair Disk:[/B] 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.) Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume. 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. [B] AHT (Apple Hardware Test):[/B] [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509]Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test[/url] [/QUOTE]
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